The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a research report analyzing China's growing gray-zone threats to trans-Pacific submarine cables.
The Taiwan Coast Guard Administration expelled four Chinese coast guard ships that entered restricted waters off Kinmen and condemned their gray-zone harassment.
On August 12, 2026, media released an in-depth undercover investigation revealing that online black market operators are promoting modified hidden camera devices and controlled anesthetic drugs in the comment sections of social platforms, and enticing buyers to send back privacy videos.
In August 2026, Taiwan's National Immigration Agency busted a case in which several Taiwanese lawyers were suspected of using shell companies to fabricate false business data, assisting mainland nationals with specific backgrounds in entering Taiwan.
Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling said at the "Taiwan Ocean International Forum" in Taipei that the greatest danger of the Chinese Communist Party's continued use of gray-zone intrusions and coercion is that it causes a change in the status quo.